WHO’S NEWS THIS WEEK By LEMUEL F. PARTON years, about the only sure- ered Europe was Henri S. De Blow- U.S. Scribes Fragile Look Fostered by New Coiffure By PATRICIA LINDSAY RTISTS and poets have raved about the lovely nape of a woman's neck since time began. It is supposed to be one of our most alluring feminine charms! And be- of necks are bare again, as those new and exciting, brush-the-hair- high coiffures are here for a long stay! Such a hair-do is gloriously femi- nine. It has a way of making a woman or a girl more fragile. You know—looking as if she might not be able to take a severe scolding! Public Always Waits Until Last Minuie Despite Tearful Pleas If Christmas mailers didn’t wait until the last minute with their cards and packages, post office of ficials predict the annual Yule rust less than sever What the into post offices, soon before Christmas. As a result Ze] 2 3 2 Frenchman | } : ; is the plea of the heavily burdened Set Pace for a and scooped the postmen below. British Boys world with the full text of the treaty at the con- | ference of Berlin, at the end of the Franco-Prussian war. Although he did this for the London Times, Eng- | lish journalists — distinctly that, rather than newspaper men — | seemed to think it wasn't quite cricket and they went on wearing spats, carrying canes, and dodging leg-work. I remember citing to an English friend the De Blowitz book, published posthumously in 1903, in which he told how he got that beat on the treaty—an exciting newspa- per yarn if there ever was one. ‘“Bit of a rotter, don’t you think?" said the Englishman. After the war, the English cor- respondents started shaking a leg, but, with all this Chauvin- ism loose in the world, we may boast that it was the American lads who set the pace. One press association and a few of our newspapers sent over to the big war some news beagles who began retrieving stories right under the nose of the morning coat scribes. They've been get- ting better all the time, and one of the bell-ringers is Frank Smothers of the Chicago Daily News, the tenth correspondent to be bounced out of Italy for faithful reporting in the last year, Mr. Smothers was a fast-stepping and fast-thinking reporter in Chi- cago for nine years before he went to the Orient, as correspondent for the Chicago Daily News and the Boston Transcript. He was close in when the Japanese made their first grab for China and pegged ing us on our toes. quite sit back and say, {/BACKING OF BRIGHT BLUE VELVET Cross-stitch pincushion a best seller, THE Town Improvement asso- ciation was giving a sale to raise funds in a village where we were visiting. Our hostess been to the sale early and cross-stitched an old m rir stuffing or hair from most attress are satisfactory If you would like of these cushions our next bazaa triumphantly iis 2d iny | tions and kec p chased for Christmas gift were so colorful went In found them, but on ev ned a ticket “'SOLI had scored a hit who 1 little three-inch pincushions as her gs to sell and contribution to the fancywork | Sewing, booth. They kept play even after they were sold. we search Take an honest look at that back hairline. settled for the next year!” For in- stance, two things will concern the woman who decides to make this change in her hair style—How to keep the back hair-line trim and : The top of the cushion shoul appealing, and how to make her N 3 be made on hair stay up just after she has ; , round thread art trained it into a long page-boy bob! threads may be counted easily in Take an honest look at that back ; making the cre hairline of yours after you have ar he Rg 5 4 foundation material shoul combed and brushed your hair high 5 marked off in l-inch squares as on your head. Not very beautiful, 3 ot 1 : m at the upper is it? What can you expect if you | isu fa Le Ne : ight. 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A keen analyst, as well as news-getler, he is one of a num- ber of American foreign corre- spondents who have told the sto- ry of world catastrophe faster and better than any others at any place or time. He grew up in Roseville, Ill., and finished at the University of Wisconsin, aft- er two years at Northwestern. He is 37 years old. ee lp — EORGE RUBLEE, 70 year is beset with a thousand for taking care of Europear cal refugees, as he heads can George Raublee this humane un- Vet of Delicate dertaking. His Negotiations fame rests upon his achieve- ments as an international lawyer, of the firm of Covington, Burling & Rublee, of Washington. He was a strong supporter and ally of the late Robert La Follette, Whenever they have had oil trouble anywhere in the Western hemisphere, they have sent for Mr. Rublee. He has straight- ened out snarls over oil rights in Colombia, Mexico and other countries. He was a friend and associate of the late Dwight Ww. Morrow and helped him settle a number of oil and banking arguments in Mexico. He is a native of Madison, Wis., and an alumnus of the Harvard law school. He began the practice of law at Chicago. ss —... HERE was a news story the other day about a thwarted art- ist, who came through and had a glorious revenge on his thwarters. . The Fine Arts Flunked Artist Substitutes asso- Evens Things ciation, in be- With Boppers half of teachers flunked by the New York board of examiners, gives an exhibition by which the public is to judge whether the board bopped them unjustly. Among the exhibitors is Max Weber, dis- tinguished artist, represented in the Metropolitan museum, who was among those flunked by the board. With his picture goes a note to the board in which Mr. Weber tells what he thinks of it and cites his suc- cess as “proof of their incompe- tence.” Mr. Weber, a native of Rus- sia, here at the age of 10, was a modernist, so far out of bounds that the academicians would turn in a riot call whenever any- body mentioned his name. He has been marked up more by the critics probably than any other man in America, The turn in Mr. Weber's fortunes came in 1925, when a discerning New York Sun critic, among oth- ers, piped him up as a thoroughly competent artist. His pictures sell. He has a nice home at Great Neck, Long Island. ® Consol! News Features Service. For a time you may use a tiny bar rette or small hairpin to keep it up, but by late fall it should stay of its own accord. How to Train Stragaly Hairs Each day brush those harsh strag- gly hairs upward by letting your head hang down and brush toward the crown of your head. If you are not going to business, knot it high in a roll, pin up the ends, and tie a bandanna around it. That holds it in place. Each night apply a scalp hair tonic along th massage it. Th not only but the growth. Don't have your hair cut again— just let it grow. Later on you may have it shaped, once you determine which high style you will wear. Or you may just twist your long hair into becoming puffs on top of vour head. Many girls are letting their hair grow long. As your hairline grows, attempt to keep it curled for gala nights with very small curlers, the iron, or by twisting it on hairpins. We will all have to go through the growing pains unless we have been wise enough to keep our hairline un- clipped. During the heart-breaking stage you might pin false curls over the ragged ends © Bell Syndicate. —~WNU Service. before going pomade or a good Gently e rich lubricant will the starving tissue rubbing will stimulate e hairline feed | HINT-OF-THE-DAY Cologne Is Feminine Necessity Cologne is an extremely refresh. ing body rub and is also a luxurious body deodorant. You will find that an in the morning en seek-—a faint fragrance move and breathe. A good brand of cologne, one with a distinctive personality, in its fra- grance, should be used. It should hint at lightheartedness. glitter and gaiety. Cologne, by the way, makes a splendid gift, and for this purpose several brands are available in unique bottles as an adornment to the dressing table. Spies During World War During the World war, the British Intelligence service, through a sim- ple trick, finished the career of a clever Turkish spy. Securing his secret address in Constantinople, says Collier's Weekly, the service in London sent him $150 in cash in a plain envelope that, when inter- cepted by the Turkish censor, was considered to be “sufficient evi dence” of his dealing with the enemy. Consequently he was ex- scuted. Colorado Town Revives Ritual Of Log Burning ALMER LAKE, COLO.—Resi- dents of this high-perched town on the great Divide celebrate their modern Christmas in an old-fash- joned way, by burning the tradi- tional yule log. Each year the log is secretly cut, notched and tied with hempen cord, hidden among the trees and rocks awaiting the finder to whom goes the honor of dragging it into town. Last year for the first time Palmer Lake burned its yule log in the town hall, where local fire- men built a huge stone fireplace wide enough to accommodate a four-foot log. Previously the cele- bration was held in a private home where fewer guests could be accommodated. The hunt for the yule log starts at 1 p. m., when all participants are summoned by a bugle to meet in front of the hall The yule log has a colorful his- tory. In Scandinavia, where Thor, the god of thunder, was wor- shiped, great log fires were built along the rocky shores both at mid-summer and mid-winter in order to propitiate him for his rumbling wrath, When the early fathers substi- tuted the feast of the Nativity for that of Mithra, the Persian sun god who was worshiped on De- cember 25 in early Rome, a dif- ferent note crept in. Yuletide be- came a time for feuds to cease. In England, before the Reforma- tion, bringing in the yule log was an important part of the Christ. mas festivities. The community usually gathered in the hall of the lord of the manor, where the log was kindled with due ceremony and all partook in the wassail cup, a sweet cider flavored with fruits and spices. Minstrel’s Shrine This monument at Oberndorf, Austria, honors Joseph Mohr, who wrote the words to “Holy Night,” and Franz Gruber, who wrote the music for one of the world’s most beloved Christmas hymns. Christmas Wreath ‘King’ Started as Shoemaker WINSLOW MILLS, MAINE. — Thrown out of work when a shoe factory closed last year, Mervin Flanders came back to his home town and set himself up as the leader of Maine's Christmas decora- tion business. Flanders’ success sto- ry started with a ball of string, some barrel hoops, some spruce boughs and a little ambition. Now he's perfected a gadget that speeds up the wreath-making process by ten times. Shoemaking, he says, can't compare to the wreath busi- ness. CHRISTMAS FIRE HAZARDS Lighted Christmas candles in the window look nice but they may ig- nite the curtains. Fire experts warn that extreme care must be observed in using candles and other Yuletide illumination. Given Time, The butcher t der, with a hard to collect. 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